Perfect Tenses

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Quiz on the simple perfect tenses

Present Perfect Tensehave/has (not) + VERB-ed2

• An action or emotion started in the past and has continued into the present.

Example ~ I have read that book.

A moment in the past

The present moment

• Actions that are more long-term in nature are used more in the present perfect tense than in the present perfect continuous tense.

Example~

Wendy has made a lot of money since 2002.

• An action is complete.

Example~ I have washed the dishes.

(The job is finished.)

• An action has been done several times.

Example~ Joe has read this book few times.

Note: The time of an action is not specified.

Example~ The teacher has corrected it.

When specified, simple past is used.

Example~ The teacher corrected it last night.

Past Perfect Tensehad (not) + VERB-ed2

• An action happened in the past before another action in the past.

Example~ Kevin had waited for an hour when he decided to leave.

Time 1 Time 2The

present moment

• The past perfect tense is often used with by + a time.

Example~

By five o’clock Dr. Lee’s lecture had ended.

• If it is not clear which action happened first,

it is necessary to use the past perfect.

Example~ When Dr. Lee had given her lecture, she sat down.

(She stood and gave her lecture; then she sat down.)

Compare the following sentence~

When Dr. Lee gave her lecture, she sat down. (She was speaking and sitting at the same time.)

Future Perfect Tensewill (not) + have + VERBed2

• An action starting in the past, present or future will be finished at some time in the future.

Example~ Mark already has his Masters,

and he will have gotten his Ph.D. before he’s 30.

The past The present

momentA Future time

• The future perfect is often used with

by + a time,

before + a time

in + a time.

Example~

Mary will have gotten her new car in three weeks.

PracticeChoose the best answer

Question 1:

David _________ five books so far.

a.) publishes

b.) is publishing

c.) has published

d.) has been publishedClick for the answer key:

(c)


Question 2:

_____ you ever _____ that man?

a.) Are; seeing

b.) Have; seen

c.) Were; seeing

d.) Did; seeClick for the answer key:

(b)


Question 1:When I woke up this morning, my parents ______ already.

a.) leave

b.) had left

c.) were leaving

d.) left

Click for the answer key:(b)


Question 2:John _________ a panda before he moved to Si Chuan, China.

a.) had never seen

b.) has seen

c.) never saw

d.) never sees

Click for the answer key:

(a)


Question1:She __________ enough Chinese to communicate before

she moves to Beijing.

a.) will learn

b.) learns

c.) is learning

d.) will have learned


(d)


Question 2:By the time I finish this course, I __________ ten tests.

a.) will take

b.) will have taken

c.) will be taking

d.) have taken


(b)

QuizComplete the following sentences using the correct simple perfect tense

1.) By next Saturday you _____ (stay) with us for three weeks. will have stayed

2.) Mrs. Wang _____ (teach) English for more than 20 years.

have taught

3.) It was he who _____ (give) us the piano. had given

4.) They _____ already _____ (go) when we arrived.

had already gone

5.) We shall _____ (grow) old before we learn it really well. have grown

Click for the answer key





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